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Our culture doesn’t approve of tattletales, which I suspect is why we’re so quick to demonize whistleblowers. But I’m bucking that trend in my house and I suggest you do the same.
I have a three year old boy and I’m teaching him to be a tattletale.
A few months ago, he came home and…
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sherlock-holmes-is-a-dickbiter:
skinny girl takes photo in underwear = slut
fat girl takes photo in underwear = inspiration to women
finally someone says this
how about we just not call the skinny girl a slut, and congratulate all women who feel comfortable enough with their bodies to take a photo of themselves in their underwear.
because honestly, the fact that their showing their confidence is more awesome than the fact that they’re in their underwear.
thank you ^
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I may or may not continue to do pokefusion requests
How can you not continue? O_o;
I am staggered by the quality of this. I just wish I had the patience and the skills to do this.
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link can fucking travel to different temples and face fire,ice,water,wind and even the walking fucking dead while battling all the damn motherfucking monsters but your telling me he cant stand on one foot
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SheZow - a genderbending superhero!
SheZow is an Australian-Canadian kids show about a twelve-year-old boy named Guy, a regular kid who likes skateboarding, video games, and doing dangerous stunts. But one day he finds a magical ring that, when activated, gives him amazing superpowers - and transforms him into a girl. Her superpowers include super speed, super strength, supersonic scream, and a utility belt of awesome AND girly gadgets. Plus, the way he transforms into SheZow is by saying “You go, girl!”
One thing I love about the show is that although both Guy’s sister and his best friend know his identity and help him, Guy is afraid to reveal to his dad that he’s SheZow. However, the fear doesn’t come from the idea that his dad would hate Guy being a girl superhero, but because his dad is a cop who thinks that SheZow is a trouble-making vigilante who takes away from his job. The show essentially takes away any element that would shame Guy for displaying girlyness, making the gender swap both the forefront of the show and a complete non-issue for the characters.
Conservative groups like Focus on the Family take issue with SheZow, saying that it’s teaching “gender confusion” to kids and “promoting transgenderism. What they’re really saying is that they take issue with the idea that femininity actually being empowering. They’re saying that kids can never stretch the boundaries of gender and that power HAS to be equated with masculinity. Sure, boys should be empowered - but God forbid that they grow up associating power with femininity!
In terms of the supposed links the show makes to transgenderism, the show is definitely not intended to allegorically about transgender kids, but would there be something wrong with the idea of a boy finding that being a girl or adopting feminine attributes can give strength and clarity? A sense of purpose? How could that be bad! Any show that not only displays femininity as something powerful but also doesn’t shame people for expressing femininity is something a lot of kids of any gender could benefit from!
Here’s a link to the intro, which gives some exposition and explanation, and also sets the tone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW3FBjKt7Co
SheZow will soon be coming to the US on The Hub channel, so if you can, check it out! Any show that pushes gender boundaries should get some support!
I am so freaking excited for this show
OH MY GOODNESS
A Voice For Men also took issue with SheZow- with exactly what I’m not sure on, because it’s a mess of an article, but I do know the title really sums up their inherent creepiness: “What’s under the mini-skirt of SheZow?“ Nothing like alluding to the genitalia of an underage cartoon child, dudes!
Forever facepalming at everything Focus on the Family AND A Voice for Men does.
lol “A voice for men”
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Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. In the Protestant part of this cemetery, J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry and militia commissioner in Limburg, is buried. His wife, lady J.C.P.H van Aefferden, is buried in the Catholic part. They were married in 1842, the lady was 22 and the colonel was 33, but he was a protestant and didn’t belong to the nobility. This caused quite a commotion in Roermond. After being married for 38 years, the colonel died in 1880 and was buried in the protestant part of the cemetery against the wall. His wife died in 1888 and had decided not to be buried in the family tomb but on the other side of the wall, which was the closest she could get to her husband. Two clasped hands connect the graves across the wall.
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Ceremonial guan.
Qing Dynasty. [Silk with]…appliquée seed pearls, jade, carnelian…[and] kingfisher …[inlay]…[in] floral and insect sprays.
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